Chapter 238
"You all can leave. I don’t want to fight anymore." Ye Tian suddenly sheathed his Soft Sword and addressed a few people opposite him, then looked at the kid and said, "If you aspire to achieve greatness, don’t follow these people and engage in deceitful activities anymore. It will ruin you. No offense, you don’t need to look at me like that."
Just as the child was about to charge again, he was stopped by a burly man beside him, who was originally from the group of elders and one of the actors in the swindler’s group.
"Brother, we’re all just trying to make a living, why destroy someone’s livelihood? Today, we met you, and admit our loss; perhaps we’ll meet again someday."
The burly man bowed, called his companions, quickly packed their belongings, and left. Among them was the old man with the goat beard, who made sure to carry away his Merit Box before leaving, and Ye Tian stopped him to take the money inside, not sparing even the one-cent coin. What a man he is!
"Godmom, why do you look unhappy?"
Since the master was a fraud, staying there was pointless. When escorting Shen Xuepei back home, Ye Tian noticed her mood wasn’t very good, apparently having some opinions about what Ye Tian had done earlier.
Shen Xuepei looked at Ye Tian beside her, and gently said, "Ye, do you know the saying, ’Worldly society is as deep as the sea’?"
Ye Tian nodded and perked up; Shen Xuepei was a sly fox, how could he miss the experience shared by such a cunning person?
"If I were you, I definitely wouldn’t have exposed them. It’s hard for everyone in worldly society; performing arts, deceiving... to put it harshly, they are all laboring, but this trade has not disappeared since ancient times and is even flourishing. There’s significant wisdom in it, not so simple to fully understand. What should one fear the most when wandering the worlds? Not life and death decisions, but one’s livelihood. Never destroy someone else’s means of support. You can always earn back a lost reputation, and you can rob if you’ve got no money, but completely ruining someone’s livelihood could lead to irreparable loss. They’ll chase you like a mad dog."
Ye Tian listened carefully and nodded, "Godmom, I remember, I won’t be so impulsive in the future."
"You’re still young, you’ll understand these matters gradually. I’m telling you this just to give you an idea; we don’t know the hardships of the world without facing loss, nor do we recognize the pits on the ground without falling a few times. Only those who have suffered know which path to take in the future. That’s all I have to say, just listen. These are just some personal experiences of your godmother, and the road ahead is still for you young people to navigate. Suffering a bit when young is better than ending up as a swindler on the streets when old."